2006 Al Jazeera launches Al Jazeera English
2005 Peter Foy, English Actor
2005 Derek Bailey, English Musician
2005 Humphrey Carpenter, English Author
2004 Bernard Levin, English Journalist
2004 Peter Barnes, English Playwright
2004 John Maynard Smith, English Scientist
2004 Graham Roberts, English Actor
2003 Gertrude Ederle, swimming celebrity/teacher, first woman, and fifth person, to swim the English Channel, dies at 97
2003 Winston Graham, English Novelist
2003 Christopher Hill, English Historian
2003 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian
2003 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English Historian
2002 George Porter, English Scientist
2001 Elizabeth Jennings, English Poet
2001 George Carman, English Lawyer
2000 Penelope Fitzgerald, English Poet
1999 Ashley Montague, English Scientist
1998 Monica Edwards, English Writer
1998 Frank Muir, English Writer
1997 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards
1997 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush
1996 Kenneth Muir, english scholar, dies at 89
1996 Frank Whittle, English Inventor
1996 Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at 69
1995 Thelma Hulbert, English house painter, dies at 81
1995 Jeremy Brett, English actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 59
1995 Holland's debut in English domestic comp (vs. Northants, NatWest)
1995 Arthur English, comedian, dies at 75
1995 Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61
1995 David Melvin English Franklin, singer, dies at 52
1995 Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76
1995 Donald Pleasance, English actor (Halloween), dies at 75
1995 Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85
1995 James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86
1995 George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at 84
1995 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at 88
1995 Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at 79
1995 Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, dies at 65
1995 James Meade, English Economist
1995 John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael and his Circle), dies at 73
1995 Peter Cook, English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled), dies at 57
1994 John Keith Wright, English Assistant Secretary of State (1971-84), dies at 66
1994 John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Luther), dies at 65
1994 Peter Hebblethwaite, English editor-in-chief (The Month), dies at 64
1994 Alan Owen, English screenplay/actor (Hard Day's Night), dies at 69
1994 Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77
1994 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel
1994 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian, dies at 80
1994 James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75
1994 Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70
1994 Joan Harrison, English producer/Alfred Hitchcock's sect, dies at 83
1994 John Britton, English Mathematician
1994 Peter Graves, English actor (Derby Day/Admirable Crichton), dies at 82
1994 John Wain, English Poet
1994 John Curry, English figure skater (Oly-gold-76), dies of AIDS at 44
1994 David Platt appointed captain of English football team
1994 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84
1994 Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), dies at 52
1993 Kenneth Connor, English comic/actor (Carry on Sergeant), dies at 75
1993 Stanley Myers, English movie composer (Deer Hunter), dies at 63
1993 Desmond Nuttall, English theorist, dies at 49
1993 Roy Armstrong, English historian (Traditional buildings), dies at 91
1993 Kenneth Nelson, US/English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63
1993 Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61
1993 Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80
1993 Rene Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80
1993 Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46
1993 English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of Fermat
1993 Angus Suttie, English potter, dies of AIDS at 46
1993 Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 84
1993 John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80
1993 Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/writer, dies at 67
1993 Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61
1993 Mick Ronson, English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 46
1993 Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3
1993 C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies
1993 Nicholas Ridley, English Minister of Finance, dies at 64
1993 Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies at 94
1993 Bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies
1993 Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82
1993 James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys
1993 Peter Quennell, English Writer
1993 Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language
1992 Helen B M Fennell Joseph, English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87
1992 Monica Dickens, English/US journalist/author, dies at 77
1992 Ted Croker, RAF-pilot/sect English soccer team (sponsoring), dies
1992 Sybil Andrews, English/Canada painter, dies at 94
1992 Charles Fraser-Smith, English inventor (man who never was), dies
1992 Denholm Elliott, English actor (Raiders of Lost Ark), dies at 70
1992 Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward
1992 Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor
1992 Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies
1992 Oliver Franks, English Public Servant
1991 Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44
1990 British and French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel)
1990 Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78
1990 Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies
1990 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
1990 Zenouska Mowatt, granddaughter of English princess Alexandra
1990 Michael Oakeshott, English Philosopher
1989 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87
1989 John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52
1989 Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English comic (Bitter Springs), dies at 80
1989 Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies
1989 John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel 1972), dies
1989 Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82
1988 Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward
1988 Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73
1988 Thomas Gregory (11) swims English Canal
1988 Rupert Grint, English Actor
1988 Michael Ramsey, English Clergyman
1988 Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies
1988 English earl of St. Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli
1987 Digging begins to link England and France under English Channel
1987 Tom Felton, English Actor
1987 Philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it
1987 Joss Stone, English Musician
1987 Joan Greenwood, English actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at 65
1987 Gerald Brenan, English writer, dies at 92
1986 Harold MacMillan, English Politician
1986 Henry Reed, English Writer
1986 Patricia Phoenix, English actress (Coronation Street), dies at 62
1986 Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88
1986 Diana Cooper, English Celebrity
1986 Dora Russell, English Celebrity
1986 Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75
1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead
1986 David Cecil, English Writer
1985 Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at 90
1985 Philip Larkin, [hermit of Hull], English poet, dies at 63
1985 Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)
1985 Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies
1985 Keira Knightley, English Actress
1985 Wayne Rooney, English Athlete
1985 Jack Osbourne, English Celebrity
1985 Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89
1984 John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89
1984 Michel Foucault, English Historian
1984 Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84
1984 Elizabeth Goudge, English Writer
1984 Kelly Osbourne, English Actress
1983 Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80
1983 Beverley Nichols, English Writer
1983 Christopher Parker, English Actor
1983 Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel
1983 Jennifer Ellison, English Actress
1983 William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80
1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England
1982 Philip J Noel-Baker, English minister (Nobel 1959), dies at 92
1982 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel
1982 Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93
1982 Richard N Gale, English general/paracommandant, dies at 86
1982 Colin Chapman, English Inventor
1981 American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel
1981 Jon Erikson (U.S.) becomes 1st to triple cross English Channel (38:27)
1981 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17)
1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel
1981 Gabriella MAO Windsor, daughter of English prince Michael
1981 Jamelia, English Musician
1980 John Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32
1980 Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77
1980 Kenneth Tynan, English Critic
1980 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel
1980 Steven Gerrard, English Athlete
1980 Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23
1980 Alfred Hitchcock, English Director
1980 Rose VBL Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard
1980 Dixie Dean, English Athlete
1979 English seaside resort Brighton gets 1st British nude beach
1979 Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel
1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
1979 Jonny Wilkinson, English Athlete
1979 Sophie Ellis Bextor, English Musician
1979 Frederick MGDL Windsor, son of English prince Michael
1979 Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52
1979 Kelly Brook, English Model
1979 Michael J. Owen, English Athlete
1978 Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin
1978 Will Champion, English Musician
1978 Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h 40m
1978 English prince Michael marries baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz
1978 Rebecca Loos, English Celebrity
1978 Frank Lampard, English Athlete
1978 Sylvia Townsend Warner, English Novelist
1978 Rachel Stevens, English Musician
1978 Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000 Question), dies at 73
1978 Rio Ferdinand, English Athlete
1977 Lady Davina EAB Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard
1977 Richard Addinsell, English composer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 73
1977 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies
1977 English football international Bobby Moore retires
1977 Samantha Morton, English Actress
1977 E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70
1977 Orlando Bloom, English Actor
1976 Anna Friel, English Actress
1976 Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at 84
1976 Dan Hawkins, English Musician
1975 Arnold Toynbee, English historian/cultural sociologist, dies at 86
1975 Scott Speedman, English Actor
1975 Melanie Brown, English Musician
1975 Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72
1975 David Beckham, English Actor
1975 Robbie Fowler, English Athlete
1975 Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83
1975 Melanie Blatt, English Musician
1975 Gary Neville, English Athlete
1975 Julian S Huxley, English scholar/dir-gen (UNESCO), dies at 87
1975 Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93
1974 Alexander PGR duke of Ulster, son of English prince Richard
1974 Lisa Snowdon, English Model
1974 Jacob Bronowski, English Scientist
1974 James Chadwick, English physicist (Nobel 1935), dies at 82
1974 Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/baron Culloden, dies at 74
1974 Matt Lucas, English Actor
1974 Andrew English, CFL receiver for the BC Lions
1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91
1974 Tom Jenkinson, English Musician
1974 Cyril Connolly, English Journalist
1974 Melanie Chisholm, English Musician
1973 Rachel Kathleen English, Thomaston, Georgia, Miss America-Georgia 1996
1973 W. H. Auden, English Poet
1973 J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist
1973 Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies
1973 Kate Beckinsale, English Actress
1973 Jamie Redknapp, English Athlete
1973 Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season
1973 Lee Westwood, English Athlete
1973 Noel Coward, English playwright (Private Letters), dies at 73
1973 Paula Radcliffe, English Athlete
1973 Henry Green, English Novelist
1973 Saffron Burrows, English Actress
1972 Louis Leakey, English anthropologist, dies at 68
1972 English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
1972 Claire Forlani, English Actress
1972 Wentworth Miller, English Actor
1972 King Edward VIII, English Royalty
1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80
1972 C. Day Lewis, English Poet
1972 Steve McManaman, English Athlete
1972 Sandrine Holt, English Actress
1972 Catherine McCormack, English Actress
1971 Mackenzie Crook, English Actor
1971 Martin Freeman, English Actor
1971 Richard D. James, English Musician
1971 Paul Bettany, English Actor
1971 Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel
1971 Ian Walker, English Athlete
1970 Cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91
1970 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77
1970 Alan Shearer, English Athlete
1970 John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70
1970 John Barbirolli, English conductor (New York Philharmonic Orch), dies at 70
1970 Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent
1970 Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67
1970 E. M. Forster, English Novelist
1970 Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61
1970 New English Bible published
1970 Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82
1970 Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74
1970 Beth Orton, English Musician
1969 1st commercial ad on English TV: Birds-Eye Peas on ATV (Midland)
1969 Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88
1969 F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at 76
1969 Jay Kay, English Musician
1968 Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler, NZ 1993
1968 Granville English, composer, dies at 69
1968 George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies
1968 Chris Boardman, English cyclist, world 1 hour record
1968 Tim Burgess, English rock vocalist, Charlatans-Only One I Know
1968 Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71
1968 Ed O'Brien, English Musician
1968 Damon Albarn, English Musician
1968 Daniel Craig, English Actor
1968 Alex James, English Musician
1968 Thom Yorke, English Musician
1967 Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies
1967 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Last Night of Proms), dies at 72
1967 Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet and writer (Counterattack), dies at 80
1967 Joe Orton, English actor and playwright (Leaf, Murdered), dies at 34
1967 Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80
1967 "News at 10" premieres on English TV
1967 Noel Gallagher, English Musician
1967 Paul Ince, English Athlete
1967 Guy Pearce, English Actor
1966 Marina V. A. Mowatt, [Ogilvy], daughter of English princess Alexandra
1966 Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94
1966 Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire
1966 Heston Blumenthal, English Celebrity
1966 Megan Lloyd George, English politician, dies at 64
1966 Samantha Fox, English Model
1966 Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer, Around the World
1966 Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66
1966 Patrick Hannan, English pop drummer, Sundays-Can't Be Sure
1966 Russell Watson, English Musician
1965 William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91
1965 J. K. Rowling, English Author
1965 Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician, Jesus Jones
1965 Sadie Frost, English Actress
1965 Eleanor Farjeon, English Writer
1965 Simon Fowler, English Musician
1965 Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72
1965 Edward Appleton, English Scientist
1965 VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67
1965 Will Carling, English Athlete
1965 T. S. Eliot, English Poet
1965 Beth Gibbons, English Musician
1964 Peter Hanson, English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor, Darling How Could You
1964 Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77
1964 Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English
1964 Jan Fabricius, Dutch/English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93
1964 Sam Brown, English singer and songwriter, Stop!
1964 Clive Bell, English Critic
1964 Nigel Redman, English rugby international player
1964 Lauren Cowan, born in Benalla, Victoria, golfer, 1994 66th English Womens Open
1964 Bonnie Langford, English actress, Wombling Free
1964 Tim Gane, English Musician
1964 Mark H. Lascells, grandson of English princess Mary
1964 Alan "Reni" Wren, English pop drummer, Stone Roses-Fools Gold
1964 James RB Ogilvy, son of English princess Alexandra
1964 R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies
1964 Christopher Eccleston, English Actor
1964 Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at 91
1964 Alexander Meiklejohn, English Philosopher
1964 Ian Hart, English Actor
1964 Clive Owen, English Actor
1963 Aldous L Huxley, English author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69
1963 William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87
1963 Aldous Huxley, English Novelist
1963 C. S. Lewis, English Author
1963 Nicolette Sheridan, English Actress
1963 Gay "Mani" Mournfield, English pop bassist, Stone Roses
1963 Jerry de Borg, English pop guitarist, Jesus Jones-Real, Real, Real
1963 Henry Daniell, English actor (Woman in Green, Body Snatchers), dies
1963 Jarvis Cocker, English Musician
1963 Tracey Emin, English Artist
1963 Harriet Wheeler, English pop singer/composer, The Sundays
1963 Jason Isaacs, English Actor
1963 English princess Alexandra marries sir Angus Ogilvy
1963 David Gavurin, English pop guitarist/composer, Sundays, Blind
1963 David Thewlis, English Actor
1963 William Beveridge, English Economist
1963 Ian Brown, English rock vocalist, Stone Roses-Made of Stone
1963 Seal, English vocalist/songwriter, Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose
1963 Rob Andrew, English rugby player
1963 Jazzie B, [Beresford Romeo], English rapper, Soul II Soul-Feel Free
1963 Caron Wheeler, English singer, Soul II Soul-Keep on Movin'
1963 Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St. Paul), dies at 60
1963 Paul Brindley, English pop bassist, Sundays, Can't Be Sure
1962 Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63
1962 John Squire, English pop guitarist, Stone Roses, She Bangs the Drums
1962 Michael Colnroy, Modern English, rocker
1962 Ronald Fisher, English Mathematician
1962 George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86
1962 Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)
1962 George P N earl of St. Andrews, under English prince Edward
1962 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82
1962 Vita Sackville-West, English Novelist
1962 Stuart Pearce, English Coach
1962 Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
1961 David AC viscount Linley, son of English princess Margaret/mystic
1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min
1961 Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles)
1961 [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88
1961 Boy George, English Musician
1961 Maxi Priest, [Max Elliott], Jamaican/English singer, Wild World
1961 English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley
1961 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81
1961 Ricky Gervais, English Writer
1961 Ranking Roger, rock vocalist, English Beat-Drowning
1961 Jeremy Northam, English Actor
1960 Gary Lineker, English soccer player, World Cup 1986
1960 Ashley Ingram, English singer, Fizzz-Just an Illusion
1960 Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist/daughter of Emmeline, dies at 78
1960 John Rocca, English funk singer, Southern Freeze
1960 Aneurin Bevan, English Politician
1960 7th marquess of Cholmondeley, English large landowner/millionaire
1960 Kristin Scott Thomas, English Actress
1960 English prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)
1960 Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ, 1986
1960 Guy Chadwick, English singer and songwriter, House of Love
1960 J. L. Austin, English Philosopher
1960 Matthew Bourne, English Dancer
1959 Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78
1959 Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist, Pet Shop Boys-It's a Sin
1959 Tony Meo, English billiards champion, snookers
1959 Stephen Wolfram, English Scientist
1959 Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78
1959 Joe Elliott, English Musician
1959 Ernest Newman, English Critic
1959 Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music, Depeche Mode-Wild!
1959 Steven Morrissey, English Musician
1959 Sean Bean, English Actor
1959 Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies
1959 Owen W. Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69
1959 Stanley Spencer, English Artist
1958 Dave Murray, English pop guitarist, Iron Maiden-Powerslave
1958 Spider Stacy, English rock vocalist, The Pogues
1958 1st women in English House of Lords
1958 Danielle Dax, English Musician
1958 Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer, dies at 85
1958 Jack Richards, English cricket wicket-keeper, mid-80's
1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
1958 Mike Gatting, English cricketer
1958 Simon LeBon, English Musician
1958 George Edward Moore, English Philosopher
1958 Christiane Amanpour, English Journalist
1957 Phil Collen, English heavy-metal guitarist, Def Leppard-Love Bites
1957 Stephen Morris, English pop drummer, Joy Division-Atmosphere
1957 Glen Hoddle, English soccer ball player, Tottenham
1957 Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer, swam English Channel 19 times
1957 Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48
1957 Lee John, English singer and actor, Body Talk
1957 Philip Chevron, English pop musician, Pogues-Peace and Love
1957 Joyce A L Cary, English writer (Horse's Mouth), dies at 68
1957 L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77
1957 Wyndham Lewis, English Author
1957 Mark E. Smith, English rock vocalist, Fall-Fall in a Hole
1957 Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87
1956 Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
1956 Frederick Soddy, English Scientist
1956 Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84
1956 Jayne Irving, English TV hostess, Live at 3
1956 Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist, Joy Division-Transmission
1956 Anne Dudley, English Composer
1956 Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English Journalist
1956 Peter Hook, English rock bassist, New Order-Round and Round, Run
1956 A. A. Milne, English Author
1956 Simon Howard, English large landowner, Castle Howard
1956 Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62
1956 Danny Boyle, English Director
1956 Imelda Staunton, English Actress
1956 Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist, Joy Division
1955 Dave Murray, English pop guitarist, Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast
1955 Paul Simonon, English pop bassist, Clash-Havana 3 AM
1955 Andy Gray, English soccer player
1955 Colin Moulding, English pop guitarist, XTC
1955 "Country" Jem Finer, English banjo player, Pogues-Straight to Hell
1955 Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
1955 English harbor strike ends
1955 Paul O'Grady, English Comedian
1955 Tim Berners-Lee, English Inventor
1955 Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor
1955 Nicky "Topper" Headon, English drummer, Clash-Complete Control
1955 Steve Jones, English pop guitarist, Sex Pistols-Mercy
1955 Charlotte Morrison, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1955 Lesley Garrett, English Musician
1955 Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73
1955 R Jeremy H Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
1955 Joseph McCabe, English Writer
1955 Mark Hollis, English pop musician, Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl
1954 James Hilton, English author (Lost Horizon), dies at 54
1954 George Edward Robey, English comic/actor (Henry IV), dies at 85
1954 Guy Innes-Ker duke of Roxburghe, English large landowner
1954 "Maestro" Jimmy Fearnley, English accordionist, The Pogues
1954 7th marquess of Bristol, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1954 Jon Erikson, U.S., 1st to triple cross English Channel, 1981
1954 Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer, The Harder they Come
1954 Tina Charles, English Musician
1954 Neal Schon, rock guitarist, Journey-Open Arms, Bad English
1954 William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93
1954 William R. Inge, English Clergyman
1954 William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman
1954 Dean Inge, English Author
1954 Edward Ka-spel, English singer and songwriter, Legendary Pink Dots
1954 Anthony Minghella, director, English Patient
1953 Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70
1953 Andy "the Clobberer" Ranken, English pop drummer, The Pogues
1953 Andy Partridge, English rock vocalist and guitarist, XTC-Oranges and Lemons
1953 Lucinda Green, English equestrian
1953 Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41
1953 James E Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
1953 Peter Greenall, English brewer, Greenall Witley
1953 Hilaire Belloc, English Poet
1953 Henry Lascelles, English grandson of princess Mary
1952 John Francome, English jockey
1952 Dusty Hare, English rugby player
1952 Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies
1952 Maxine Nightingale, English soul singer
1952 Jack Wild, English Actor
1952 Gerald D. Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding
1952 David Icke, English Athlete
1952 J. D. Nicholas, English guitarist, Heatwave, Commodores
1952 Andrew Motion, English Poet
1952 Clive Anderson, English Entertainer
1952 Sharon Osbourne, English Entertainer
1951 William Waldorf 4th viscount Astor/English large landowner
1951 Gerald Grosvenor, English 6th duke of Westminster/billionaire
1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes
1951 Susan Blackmore, English Writer
1951 Ludwig J J Wittgenstein, Austria/English philosopher, dies at 62
1951 British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75
1951 Everett Morton, rocker, English Beat
1951 Chris Rea, English rock guitarist, Fool If You Think It Is Over
1951 Phil Neal, English soccer player
1950 David H G viscount Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
1950 Michael Rutherford, English pop bassist, Genesis-Silent Sun
1950 Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
1950 Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23)
1950 Simon Cadell, English actor, Hi-Di-Hi, Pride and Extreme Prejudice
1950 Rowan Williams, English Theologian
1950 Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist, Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes
1949 Nigel Havers, English actor, Dr. Latimer-Don't Wait Up
1949 Mark Knopfler, English rock vocalist and guitarist, Dire Straits
1949 Roger Uttley, English rugby player
1949 Alan White, English rock drummer, Yes, Ramshackled
1949 Karen English, Rep-D-Arizona
1949 Fred Frith, English guitarist, violinist and bassist, Skeleton Crew
1949 David Sullivan, English softporno/newspaper publisher, Sunday Sport
1949 Bill Nighy, English Actor
1949 Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63
1948 Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63
1948 Peter Hammill, English singer and songwriter, Patient
1948 Trevor Brooking, English soccer player
1948 Bill Bruford, English pop drummer, Yes, King Crimson-Red, Genesis
1948 Terry Pratchett, English Author
1948 Terry Prachett, English Author
1948 Benzion Freshwater, English multi-millionaire
1948 Lord Egremont, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1948 Mike Figgis, English Director
1948 Christopher Moran, English financier/multi-millionaire
1947 Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician
1947 Simon Bates, English DJ
1947 Stanley Baldwin, English premier (1923, 24-29, 35-37), dies at 80
1947 Michael Green, English TV/video producer
1947 Aleister Crowley, English Critic
1947 7th earl of Bradford, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1947 Keith Moon, English rock drummer, Who-I'm A Boy
1947 Camilla Parker Bowles, English Celebrity
1947 Felicity Lott, English soprano, We come to the river
1947 Victoria Beckham, English Musician
1947 Alan Sugar, English multi-millionaire/computer manufacturer, Amstrad
1947 John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1947 Ellen Wilkinson, English Politician
1947 Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies at 80
1947 Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77
1947 Bryan Robson, English international soccer star
1946 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2
1946 Angus Suttie, English potter
1946 Philip Pullman, English Writer
1946 Granville Ransome Bantock, English composer and conductor, dies at 78
1946 Tony Greig, South Africa, cricketer, English all-rounder 1972-77
1946 James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69
1946 Humphrey Carpenter, English Author
1946 H. G. Wells, English Author
1946 Maurice Saatchi, English advertising CEO, Saatchi and Saatchi
1946 Jeremy Treglown, English scholar/editor, TLS
1946 John M. Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62
1946 John Maynard Keynes, English Economist
1946 Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper, 1967-81
1946 Sue Townsend, English Novelist
1946 John Clapham, English Economist
1946 David Wall, English ballet dancers/director, Royal Academy of Dancing
1946 Jasper Carrott, English comedian, Jane and the Lost City, Detectives
1946 Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur/multi-millionaire, Hawley-ADT
1946 Anthony Daniels, English Actor
1946 David Green, English TV/video producer
1946 Polly Toynbee, English Journalist
1946 Charles Dance, English Actor
1945 Peter Storey, English Athlete
1945 Margot Asquith, English Author
1945 Viscount Petersham, English large landowner
1945 James Rodford, English rock vocalist/bassist, Kinks-Mr Pleasant
1945 Elliott Bernerd, English broker/multi-millionaire
1945 Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman
1945 Bob Henrit, English pop drummer, Kinks-Waterloo Sunset
1945 Alfred Douglas, English Poet
1945 Charles Williams, English Editor
1945 Robert Wyatt, English Musician
1945 Peter Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1945 David Pleat, English Athlete
1944 Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel
1944 Robert Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph
1944 Ian Anderson, English rock singer, Yes-Owner of a Lonely Heart
1944 John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem
1944 Graham Taylor, English Coach
1944 Christopher Needler, English sand industrialist, TCG Materials
1944 Richard A W G, English prince/duke of Gloucester
1944 Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter, Traffic-Something So Strong
1944 Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75
1944 Dave Morgan, English Celebrity
1944 Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian/English writer, Price of Bride
1944 Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71
1944 George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60
1944 Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74
1944 Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies
1944 Peter de Savary, English financier/multi-millionaire
1944 Hitler begins attack on English/U.S. "terror pilots"
1944 Roger Raised, English actor, Nicholas Nickleby
1944 Francis Lee, English Athlete
1944 Roger Daltrey, English rocker, actor, producer, The Who, Tommy
1944 Alan Parker, English actor, Bugsy Malone, Evita
1944 Desmond Nuttall, English educator
1944 John Thornton, English chocolate factory/multi-millionaire
1944 Eddie Shah, English publisher, Today, Post
1943 Tatton Sykes, English baron/large landowner
1943 Michael Unger, English editor-in-chief, Evening News, Manchester
1943 Paul Burnett, English disc-jockey
1943 Wensley Haydon-Baillie, English pharmaceutical manufacturer
1943 Earl of Stockton, English publisher/grandson of premier Macmillan
1943 Robert Plant, English rock vocalist, Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love
1943 Charles Saatchi, English magnate, Saatchi and Saatchi
1943 Sidney A K Keyes, English poet (Foreign Gate), dies at 20
1943 Tony Banks, English politician, Lab
1943 Dennis Amiss, cricketer, prolific English batsman
1943 Gordon Black, English industrialist
1943 Terry Eagleton, English Critic
1943 John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies
1943 Howard Wilkinson, English Coach
1943 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53
1943 Joanna Trollope, English Novelist
1942 William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V
1942 Stuart Lipton, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1942 Anita Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer, Body Shop
1942 Phil Harris, English carpet manufacturer/multi-millionaire
1942 Jonathan Aitken, English MP
1942 George EAE, English prince/earl of St. Andrews, dies in battle at 39
1942 George Sutherland, English Judge
1942 Michael G C F, English prince of Kent
1942 Lord McAlpine, English contractor/multi-millionaire
1942 Gordon Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer, Body Shop
1942 Brian Jones, [Lewis B Hopkin], English pop guitarist, Rolling Stones
1942 Richard O'Brien, English Actor
1942 Jon Arthur English, composer
1942 John Whittaker, English real estate developer, Peel Holdings
1942 Michael Giles, English Musician
1942 Susan Hill, English playwright, Magic Apple Tree
1942 Christine Keeler, English Model
1942 Stephen Hawking, English physicist, Black Holes and Baby Universes
1941 Alex Ferguson, English Coach
1941 Geoffrey Davies, English actor, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go
1941 David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire
1941 Alan Mullery, English soccer player
1941 James Bowman, English contratenor
1941 English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran
1941 English and French troop overthrow pro-German Syria
1941 Alexander Cockburn, English Lawyer
1941 English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
1941 English Army breaks German spy codes
1941 Bobby Moore, English Athlete
1941 Vivienne Westwood, English Designer
1941 Richard Dawkins, English Scientist
1941 Charlie Shelburne, English earl/large landowner
1941 Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies
1941 Frank Bridge, English violinist and composer (Sea), dies at 61
1941 John E. Walker, English Scientist
1940 Jenny Linden, English actress, Hedda, Dr. Who and the Daleks
1940 Glenn English, Rep-D-OK, 1975-
1940 Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends
1940 Galen Weston, English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire
1940 David Sainsbury, English billionaire/founder, Dutch Soc-Dem
1940 Michael Gambon, English actor, Singing Detective, Paris at Night
1940 Christopher Timothy, English actor, All Creatures Great and Small
1940 John Lennon, English Musician
1940 Antony Crosthwaite-Eyre, English publisher/multi-millionaire
1940 German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters and English and French movies
1940 Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64
1940 Chay Blyth, English sailor, Alone in Order to the World
1940 Angela Carter, English Novelist
1940 Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies
1940 Eleanor Fount, English actress, Women in Love, Bedazzled
1940 Jimmy Tarbuck, English comic/golfer
1940 Marquis of Tavistock, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1940 Cliff Richard, English Musician
1940 Trevor Nunn, English Director
1939 Christopher Wates, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1939 Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents
1939 Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat
1939 German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard
1939 Topham Brinton, English carpet magnate/multi-millionaire
1939 Tony Budge, English contractor/tank maker/multi-millionaire
1939 [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man and Woman), dies at 80
1939 Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist
1939 Gerald Ronson, English multi-millionaire
1939 17th earl of Pembroke, English landowner/director, Emily
1939 Jonathan David Harvey, English composer, Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen
1939 Richard earl of Lichfield, English photographer
1939 Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down
1939 Earl of Seafield, [Ginger], English large landowner
1939 Terry Curry, English multi-millionaire
1939 English Spook house Borley Rectory destroyed in a fire
1939 Michael Rudman, English theater director/producer, Donkeys' Years
1939 Rachel English, London, author, My 1st 500
1939 Cliff Thorburn, English snookers player
1938 Thomas Black, English industrial/auto collector
1938 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57
1938 Richard Sharpe, English rugby player
1938 E. V. Lucas, English Writer
1938 Peter Michael, English electronic manufacturer, UEI, Paintbox
1938 English soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3
1938 Henry Newbolt, English Author
1938 Wilf Corrigan, English/US electronic manufacturer, LSI Logic
1938 Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire
1938 Ivan Twigden, English contractor/multi-millionaire, Twigden PLC
1938 Ann Jones, English Athlete
1937 Stephen Rubin, English attorney/shoe manufacturer, Reebok, Adidas
1937 Betty Carver, wife of English fieldmarshal Bernard Montgomery, dies
1937 Bobby Charlton, English soccer player
1937 Brian Blessed, English actor, King Arthur, High Road to China
1937 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81
1937 John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54
1937 J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73
1937 Samuel Whitbread, English brewer/multi-millionaire
1937 Gordon Banks, English Athlete
1937 Frederick Pollock, English Judge
1936 Alexandra HEOC, English princess/daughter of sir Angus Ogilvy
1936 Viscount Mountgarret, [Butler], English large landowner
1936 James H "Simon" Gray, English playwright, Butley
1936 Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess, Wish You Were Here
1936 Frank Hornby, English Inventor
1936 Gilbert K Chesterton, English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies
1936 Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer
1936 Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74
1936 Michael Stone, English broker/multi-millionaire, Man Group
1936 A. E. Housman, English Poet
1936 Jacob Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
1936 Harold Innocent, [HS Harrison], English actor, Tall Guy
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